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Buck Knives, Inc.401(k)

BUCK KNIVES, INC. PROFIT SHARING AND RETIREMENT PLAN · POST FALLS, ID · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.61%

Peer grade: D · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Buck Knives, Inc. reported $72,363 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.61% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $382 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.57% to 0.61%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 147th-largest of 349 plans among Idaho employers on file, and 7,778th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $5.02 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 326 to 373 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$12,819,455
Participants with balances428
Active participants373
Employer contributions$142,529
Employee contributions$715,428
Employer contribution per active participant$382
Average account balance$29,952
Benefits paid to participants$684,324
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$12.8M · 428 accts · $143K emplr
2023$11.1M · 399 accts · $147K emplr
2022$10.1M · 423 accts · $139K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$48,671
Investment management$23,692
Total administrative$72,363
The Buck Knives, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$382
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$382 per active participant
2023$460 per active participant
2022$427 per active participant

Buck Knives, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom quarter of its peers. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20243
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$48,671
D A DAVIDSON & CO INC · Investment advisory (plan)$23,684
MORNINGSTAR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT L · Investment advisory (participants)indirect comp

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history3
2024$72,363 · 0.61%
2023$71,941 · 0.68%
2022$64,323 · 0.57%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 952129305 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.